UEFA EURO 2012 MATCH PRESS KIT

Croatia Group C - Matchday 3 Arena Gdansk, Gdansk Monday 18 June 2012 20.45CET (20.45 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Match facts...... 5 Team facts...... 7 Squad list...... 9 Head coach...... 11 Match officials...... 12 Competition facts...... 13 Match-by-match lineups...... 15 UEFA information...... 16 Legend...... 17 v Spain Monday 18 June 2012 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena Gdansk, Gdansk Previous meetings

Head to Head

Qualifying Final tournament Total Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Croatia ------Spain ------FIFA* Croatia ------Spain ------Friendly matches Croatia ------4 1 1 2 4 5 Spain ------4 2 1 1 5 4 Total Croatia ------4 1 1 2 4 5 Spain ------4 2 1 1 5 4 * FIFA World Cup / FIFA Confederations Cup

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Gdansk will host its penultimate game at UEFA EURO 2012 as Croatia and Spain meet for the first time in a competitive match in their final Group C fixture. • The teams are level on four points, Spain having followed a 1-1 draw with with their record UEFA European Championship final tournment win, 4-0 against the . Croatia beat Ireland 3-1 before also drawing 1-1 with Italy. • For Spain a draw ensures qualification; a win secures first place. If Spain draw 1-1 and Italy win 4-0, Spain would finish first ahead of Italy on coefficient. Croatia will definitely qualify, as group winners, with victory. They will also be through with any draw other than 0-0 or 1-1. If their game is scoreless and Italy win, Croatia are out. In the case of a 1-1 draw, they will only be through if Italy do not beat Ireland by 3-1 or better. If it is 1-1 and Italy win exactly 3-1, the Azzurri will be second on coefficient. Croatia can afford to lose if Italy do not win. Head-to-head record • Since independence, Croatia have played four games against Spain – all of them friendlies – with a record reading W1 D1 L2. • Spain came up against plenty of Croatian players in their games against Yugoslavia which included a decisive qualifier for the 1978 FIFA World Cup finals and a tense 2-1 win for the hosts in during the 1982 finals. • Croatia's first meeting with Spain after independence took place in Valencia on 23 March 1994, when they won 2-0 with goals from Robert Prosinečki and Davor Šuker. • Šuker struck again when the countries next met in on 5 May 1999. It took him just nine minutes to score his 40th international goal, but Spain replied through Vicente Engonga, and Dani García. • Spain visited Croatia for the first time on 23 February 2000 to play out a goalless draw in Split. was in goal for the hosts. Selected previous meetings 7 June 2006: Spain 2-1 Croatia (Pernía 61, Torres 90; Pablo og 13) – Stade de Genève, Geneva, friendly Spain: Reina (Cañizares 46), Salgado (Sergio Ramos 46), Puyol, Pablo, Pernía, Joaquín (Fàbregas 72), Xavi Hernández (Iniesta 62), Xabi Alonso, Reyes (Luis García 46), Raúl González (Torres 46), David Villa. Croatia: Pletikosa, N Kovač (Modrić 46), Šimunić, Tudor, Šimić (Tokić 84), Babić, Robert Kovač (Vranješ 67), J Leko, Kranjčar (I Leko 69), Klasnić (Balaban 88), Pršo (Bošnjak 74). • The sides last met in their final friendly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, with Fernando Torres hitting the winner for Luis Aragonés's team in added time after earlier having a penalty saved by Pletikosa. 23 March 1994: Spain 0-2 Croatia (Prosinečki 7, Šuker 51) – Mestalla, Valencia, friendly Spain: Zubizarreta (Lopetegui 65), Abelardo, Alkorta, Ferrer, Hierro (Guardiola 46), Otero, Nadal (Camarasa 46), , Goikoetxea (Beguiristain 46), Higuera, ( 46). Croatia: Ladić, Štimac (Pavličić 80), Jarni, Andrijašević (Vlaović 89), Jerkan, Bilić, Janković (Mornar 46, Miše 80), Prosinečki, Bokšić, Asanović, Šuker • Croatia won the sides' first meeting with the scorers – Prosinečki (Real Madrid CF) and Šuker (Sevilla FC) – not the only members of the visiting side playing in the Liga at the time; Igor Štimac (Cádiz CF) and Stjepan Andrijašević (RC Celta de ) were based in Spain along with Nikola Jerkan and Janko Janković (both at ). Current Croatia coach Slaven Bilić played all 90 minutes. Form guide • Croatia are competing at a third successive UEFA European Championship; they have missed only one of the last five – UEFA EURO 2000. • World and European champions Spain came into the finals on a run of 14 straight competitive victories since they surprisingly lost 1-0 to Switzerland in their opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. They have not missed a major finals tournament since the 1992 UEFA European Championship. Team ties • Real Madrid's , Álvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos and Raúl Albiol all tasted action against GNK Dinamo in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Spain's David Silva scored Manchester City FC's opening goal in the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage home win against FC Bayern München. Danijel Pranjić featured in the 2-0 loss for the visitors.

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• Pranjić was an unused substitute as his FC Bayern München team lost out to a Chelsea FC side containing Juan Mata and Fernando Torres in the 2012 UEFA Champions League final. • Spain's Cesc Fàbregas scored twice as Arsenal FC enjoyed a 5-1 aggregate UEFA Champions League third qualifying round victory over Dinamo Zagreb in 2006. Eduardo scored the Croatian team's only goal of the tie while future Tottenham Hotspur FC club-mates Vedran Ćorluka and Luka Modrić were also in the Dinamo lineup. • Fàbregas and Eduardo – the former now at FC and the latter at FC Shakhtar Donetsk – played together at Arsenal FC from 2007 to 2010. • Ivan Rakitić plays for Sevilla FC. He also faced Silva and Albiol as an FC Schalke 04 player, starting for the German club against Valencia CF in both matches played during 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage. After Valencia had posted a 1-0 win in Gelsenkirchen, the return at Mestalla ended goalless. • Modrić played both legs of Tottenham's 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid CF, with Niko Kranjčar coming off the bench for his countryman in the decider. Casillas, Alonso and Ramos lined up for the home team. Ćorluka returned to the Spurs' team for the 1-0 defeat in the second leg, with Arbeloa added to the Spanish internationals in the Madrid team. • faced Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Busquets and Pedro Rodríguez when Shakhtar Donetsk were defeated 5-1 by Barcelona in the first leg of the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League quarter-final, when Eduardo came on as an 82nd-minute substitute. Srna missed the 1-0 defeat in the return but Eduardo came off the bench in the 58th minute. • Srna also captained the Ukrainian side during a 2-1 home defeat by Barcelona in the group stage of the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League. He enjoyed greater success when leading Shakhtar to a 3-2 victory at the on the final matchday of the group stage; Piqué and Busquets played for Barça. • Srna was also Shakhtar captain in their 1-0 UEFA Super Cup defeat by Barcelona in 2009. Valdés, Busquets, Piqué, Xavi and Pedro, who scored the extra-time winner, played for the Spanish side. • Ognjen Vukojević was in the FC Dynamo Kyiv team beaten twice by Barcelona (2-0 away and 2-1 in Ukraine) in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage. Xavi and Pedro scored for Barcelona in the tie. • FC Dinamo Moskva's Tomislav Dujmović spent the second half of 2011/12 on loan at Real Zaragoza, making 12 league appearances and scoring on the last of those, against Granada CF in May when he was also sent off. • In the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs a Croatia team including , and Ivan Perišić lost 5-1 on aggregate to Mata's Spain. The winners took the title the following summer. Competition format • If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings: a) Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; b) Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; c) Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; d) If, after having applied criteria a) to c), two teams still have an equal ranking, criteria a) to c) are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine the final rankings of the two teams. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to i) apply in the order given; e) superior goal difference in all group matches; f) higher number of goals scored in all group matches; g) position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system (see annex I, paragraph 1.2.2); h) fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament); i) drawing of lots • The Group C coefficients are as follows: Spain 43.116 Italy 34.357 Croatia 33.003 Republic of Ireland 28.576 • If two teams which have the same number of points, the same number of goals scored and conceded play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, the ranking of the two teams in question is determined by kicks from the penalty mark provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches. Should more than two teams have the same number of points, the criteria listed under paragraph 8.07 apply.

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CROATIA • Slaven Bilić's side had won four successive UEFA European Championship group games before the Italy draw. • Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar and are all a yellow card away from a ban. • Mario Mandžukić has had only four shots at UEFA EURO 2012, all on target, and scored with three of them. • Mandžukić's opener against the Republic of Ireland was timed at two minutes, 38 seconds – the sixth quickest goal at a UEFA European Championship. The record is held by Russia's Dmitri Kirichenko, who struck after 67 seconds against Greece at UEFA EURO 2004. • Goalkeepers Danijel Subašić and , and defender are yet to make a competitive appearance for Croatia. Subašić and Buljat have won friendly caps, though. • Croatia have scored four goals in each of the EURO group stages they have participated in, in 1996, 2004 and 2008. Injury news • Ivica Olić (torn hamstring) and Ivo Iličević (calf) were ruled out of the tournament and replaced in the squad by Nikola Kalinić and Šime Vrsaljko, respectively. • was in Croatia's provisional squad but left out of the final 23 because of an Achilles problem. Miscellaneous • Bilić announced last month that he will step down after UEFA EURO 2012 to take the reins at FC Lokomotiv Moskva. • On 6 June, FC Dynamo Kyiv confirmed the signing of Kranjčar on a four-year contract. • There are ten survivors of Croatia's UEFA EURO 2008 squad: Stipe Pletikosa, Vedran Ćorluka, Danijel Pranjić, Šimunić, Darijo Srna, Kranjčar, Modrić, Ivan Rakitić, Ognjen Vukojević and Kalinić. • This is the third UEFA European Championship for Srna and Šimunić, equalling a national record set by Šimić. • The squad began gathering in Zagreb on 16/05, and were complete seven days later when FC Bayern München's Pranjić arrived after the UEFA Champions League final. They moved to their EURO base in Warka on 05/06. Pre-tournament friendlies 02/06 Norway 1-1 Croatia (Elyounoussi 90+1; Eduardo 79) 25/05 Croatia 3-1 Estonia (Ćorluka 16, Kalinić 20, Vukojević 81; Vassiljev 83) UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • With Group F leaders Greece trailing 1-0 to Georgia on the final day, Croatia were 11 minutes from automatic qualification before goals from Giorgos Fotakis and Angelos Charisteas turned things round. • Olić broke the deadlock two minutes into the play-off with Turkey in what was his first competitive start in 13 months. • Kranjčar was Croatia's top scorer in qualifying with four goals. • Ćorluka and Eduardo played 11 of Croatia's 12 qualifiers, play-offs included. • Croatia kept six clean sheets in 12 matches, with Vedran Runje and Pletikosa each keeping three from six. Domestic information • Kelava, Domagoj Vida, Šimunić, Milan Badelj and Vrsaljko played key roles as GNK Dinamo Zagreb claimed a seventh successive Croatian championship. • Kelava saved a crucial penalty six minutes from time in the second leg of the Croatian Cup final as Dinamo edged out NK Osijek 2-1 on aggregate. • The youngest player in the Croatia squad, 20-year-old Vrsaljko has already collected five trophies with Dinamo Zagreb: three championships and two cups. • Ivan Perišić was part of the Borussia Dortmund squad that claimed their first domestic double, beating Bayern 5-2 in the German Cup final on 12/05. • Schildenfeld missed one game as won promotion to the . • Nikica Jelavić scored nine goals in ten league starts after swapping Rangers FC for Everton FC in January. • Srna and Eduardo were in the FC Shakhtar Donetsk squad that claimed the domestic double in Ukraine.

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SPAIN • Spain are 16 competitive games without defeat, since their 1-0 loss to Switzerland on 16/06/2010 at the FIFA World Cup. They have lost four of their 14 friendlies in that time, however. • Álvaro Arbeloa, Jordi Alba, Fernando Torres, Xabi Alonso and Javi Martínez are all a booking away from a suspension. • Spain's 4-0 victory against the Republic of Ireland is their biggest ever win at a UEFA European Championship, surpassing two three-goal triumphs over Russia at UEFA EURO 2008. • David Silva has scored ten goals in 21 international appearances since the 2010 FIFA World Cup final. • Xavi Hernández made 136 passes against Ireland (completing 127), breaking the record for a UEFA European Championship game of the Netherlands' Ronaldo Koeman, who mustered 117 against Denmark in 1992. • Vicente del Bosque's side made 672 completed passes to Italy's 341, and last time out 810 to Ireland's 198. • Juanfran has yet to make a competitive appearance but made his international debut against Serbia on 26/05. Injury news • Carles Puyol (knee) and Spain's record scorer, David Villa (broken leg), were ruled out of the finals. Miscellaneous • Spain, minus players from Chelsea FC and Copa del Rey finalists FC Barcelona and Athletic Club, travelled to a training camp in Schruns, Austria, on 22/05. Juan Mata and Fernando Torres joined them on 26/05, with the final 23-man squad unveiled the following day. Spain arrived at their EURO base of Gniewino on 05/06. • Spain's squad includes 12 of the party that won UEFA EURO 2008: Iker Casillas, Raúl Albiol, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi, Torres, Cesc Fàbregas, Santi Cazorla, Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Arbeloa, Silva and Pepe Reina. • Casillas, Xavi, Alonso and Torres were also in the UEFA EURO 2004 squad, and for Casillas this represents a national record fourth UEFA European Championship appearance as he was also at UEFA EURO 2000. Pre-tournament friendlies 03/06 Spain 1-0 China (Silva 84) 30/05 Spain 4-1 South Korea (Torres 11, Alonso 52pen, Cazorla 55, Negredo 79; Kim Do Heon 43) 26/05 Spain 2-0 Serbia (Adrián 67, Cazorla 74pen) • Casillas kept his 73rd clean sheet for Spain against Serbia on 26/05, beating Edwin van der Sar's international record. • Casillas celebrated a record 95th international win when Spain defeated South Korea 4-1 on 30/05. UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying • Spain won eight out of eight in Group I, becoming one of only five sides to go through a qualifying campaign with a 100% record in the history of the UEFA European Championship. • Ramos and Villa were the only players to feature in all eight group games for Del Bosque's side. • Jordi Alba made his international debut in the 3-1 home victory against Scotland on 11/10/2011. • Two of the final tournament squad did not feature in qualifying: Reina and Juanfran. Domestic information • Casillas, Ramos, Arbeloa, Albiol and Alonso helped Real Madrid CF win the Spanish Liga for the first time in four campaigns, though Albiol made just five league starts. • Víctor Valdés, Gerard Piqué, Xavi, Fàbregas, Iniesta, Busquets and Pedro Rodríguez enjoyed Copa del Rey success. Pedro scored twice on 25/05 in a 3-0 final triumph against an Athletic side featuring Fernando Llorente and Javi Martínez. Barcelona also won the UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. • Silva was in the Manchester City FC side that won the English top flight for the first time in 44 years. • Mata and Torres were UEFA Champions League and FA Cup winners with Chelsea, while Reina enjoyed English League Cup success with Liverpool FC. • Juanfran was in the Club Atlético de Madrid XI that defeated an Athletic team featuring Llorente and Javi Martínez in the UEFA Europa League final in Bucharest on 09/05.

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Team facts: Croatia UEFA European Championship record 2008: quarter-finals 2004: group stage, final tournament 2000: did not qualify 1996: quarter-finals Team EURO records Final tournament win 3-0: Croatia v Denmark, 16/06/96, group stage Final tournament loss 0-3: Croatia v Portugal, 19/06/96, group stage Qualifying win 7-0: Croatia v Andorra, 07/10/06 Qualifying loss 0-2: four times, most recently Greece v Croatia, 07/10/11 Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 6: Niko Kovač 6: Robert Kovač 6: Josip Šimunić 6: Ivica Olić 6: Darijo Srna 6: Vedran Ćorluka 6: Niko Kranjčar Final tournament goals 3: Mario Mandžukić 3: Davor Šuker 2: Ivan Klasnić Overall appearances 33: Darijo Srna 31: Stipe Pletikosa 31: Josip Šimunić 30: Dario Šimić 29: Vedran Ćorluka 27: Robert Kovač 27: Luka Modrić 26: Ivica Olić 26: Niko Kranjčar Overall goals 20: Davor Šuker 13: Eduardo 8: Mladen Petrić 6: Zvonimir Boban 6: Niko Kranjčar 6: Darijo Srna 6: Mario Mandžukić 5: Ivica Olić

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Team facts: Spain UEFA European Championship record 2008: winners 2004: group stage, final tournament 2000: quarter-finals 1996: quarter-finals 1992: qualifying 1988: group stage, final tournament 1984: runners-up 1980: group stage, final tournament 1976: quarter-finals 1972: qualifying 1968: quarter-finals 1964: winners 1960: quarter-finals Team EURO records Final tournament win 4-0: Spain v Republic of Ireland, 14/06/12, group stage Final tournament loss 2-0: Germany v Spain, 17/06/88, group stage 2-0: France v Spain, 27/06/84, final Qualifying win 12-1: Spain v Malta, 21/12/83 Qualifying loss 1-3: three times, most recently France v Spain, 20/02/91 0-2: three times, most recently Sweden v Spain, 07/10/06 Note: Spain's quarter-final against the Soviet Union on 22/05/60 was awarded 3-0 to the Soviet Union after Spain withdrew Player EURO records Final tournament appearances 10: 10: Iker Casillas 10: Fernando Torres 8: Seven players Final tournament goals 4: David Villa 4: Fernando Torres 3: Alfonso Pérez 3: Cesc Fàbregas Overall appearances 37: Iker Casillas 31: 28: Xavi Hernández 27: Raúl González 26: Carlos Marchena 26: Sergio Ramos Overall goals 19: Raúl González 18: David Villa 14: Carlos Santillana 10: Fernando Hierro 8: Fernando Torres

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Croatia

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Stipe Pletikosa 08/01/79 33 FC Rostov - 6 - 2 - 93 - 12 Ivan Kelava 20/02/88 24 GNK Dinamo Zagreb ------23 Danijel Subašić 27/10/84 27 AS Monaco FC - - - - - 4 - Defenders 2 Ivan Strinić 17/07/87 24 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - 8 - 2 - 19 - 3 Josip Šimunić 18/02/78 34 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 9 - - - 95 3 4 Jurica Buljat 12/09/86 25 Maccabi Haifa FC - - - - - 2 - 5 Vedran Ćorluka 05/02/86 26 Tottenham Hotspur FC - 11 1 2 - 56 3 13 Gordon Schildenfeld 18/03/85 27 Eintracht Frankfurt * 4 - 2 - 14 - 15 Šime Vrsaljko 10/01/92 20 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 1 - - - 4 - 21 Domagoj Vida 29/04/89 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 4 - - - 10 - Midfielders 6 Danijel Pranjić 02/12/81 30 FC Bayern München - 8 - 1 - 44 - 7 Ivan Rakitić 10/03/88 24 Sevilla FC - 8 - 2 - 43 8 8 Ognjen Vukojević 20/12/83 28 FC Dynamo Kyiv - 8 1 2 - 41 4 10 Luka Modrić 09/09/85 26 Tottenham Hotspur FC * 10 1 2 - 56 8 11 Darijo Srna 01/05/82 30 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - 10 1 2 - 93 19 14 Milan Badelj 25/02/89 23 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 1 1 - - 4 1 16 Tomislav Dujmović 26/02/81 31 FC Spartak Moskva - 6 - 1 - 19 - 19 Niko Kranjčar 13/08/84 27 Tottenham Hotspur FC * 8 4 2 - 73 15 20 Ivan Perišić 02/02/89 23 Borussia Dortmund - 6 - 2 - 12 - Forwards 9 Nikica Jelavić 27/08/85 26 Everton FC - 9 - 2 1 21 3 17 Mario Mandžukić 21/05/86 26 VfL Wolfsburg - 10 3 2 3 31 8 18 Nikola Kalinić 05/01/88 24 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - 6 2 - - 13 5 22 Eduardo 25/02/83 29 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - 11 3 2 - 49 23 Coach - Slaven Bilić 11/09/68 43 - - 13 - 2 - 6 -

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Spain

UEFA EURO 2012 Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Iker Casillas 20/05/81 31 Real Madrid CF - 7 - 2 - 133 - 12 Víctor Valdés 14/01/82 30 FC Barcelona - 1 - - - 8 - 23 Pepe Reina 31/08/82 29 Liverpool FC - - - - - 25 - Defenders 2 Raúl Albiol 04/09/85 26 Real Madrid CF - 3 - - - 34 - 3 Gerard Piqué 02/02/87 25 FC Barcelona - 7 - 2 - 41 4 4 Javi Martínez 02/09/88 23 Athletic Club * 2 - 1 - 8 - 5 Juanfran 09/01/85 27 Club Atlético de Madrid - - - - - 1 - 15 Sergio Ramos 30/03/86 26 Real Madrid CF - 8 1 2 - 88 6 17 Álvaro Arbeloa 17/01/83 29 Real Madrid CF * 6 - 2 - 37 - 18 Jordi Alba 21/03/89 23 Valencia CF * 1 - 2 - 7 - Midfielders 6 Andrés Iniesta 11/05/84 28 FC Barcelona - 5 1 2 - 67 10 8 Xavi Hernández 25/01/80 32 FC Barcelona - 6 2 2 - 111 11 10 Cesc Fàbregas 04/05/87 25 FC Barcelona - 2 - 2 2 65 10 14 Xabi Alonso 25/11/81 30 Real Madrid CF * 6 1 2 - 98 13 16 Sergio Busquets 16/07/88 23 FC Barcelona - 7 - 2 - 41 - 20 Santi Cazorla 13/12/84 27 Málaga CF - 5 - 1 - 44 6 21 David Silva 08/01/86 26 Manchester City FC - 6 4 2 1 60 17 22 Jesús Navas 21/11/85 26 Sevilla FC - 1 - 1 - 18 1 Forwards 7 Pedro Rodríguez 28/07/87 24 FC Barcelona - 2 - - - 15 2 9 Fernando Torres 20/03/84 28 Chelsea FC * 3 2 2 2 95 30 11 Álvaro Negredo 20/08/85 26 Sevilla FC - 1 2 - - 10 6 13 Juan Mata 28/04/88 24 Chelsea FC - 3 2 - - 18 5 19 Fernando Llorente 26/02/85 27 Athletic Club - 5 3 - - 20 7 Coach - Vicente del Bosque 23/12/50 61 - - 8 - 2 - 2 -

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Croatia: Slaven Bilić Date of birth: 11 September 1968 Nationality: Croatian Playing career: HNK Hajduk Split (twice), NK Primorac (loan), HNK Šibenik (loan), Karlsruher SC, West Ham United FC, Everton FC Coaching career: HNK Hajduk Split, Croatia Under-21, Croatia • A towering, uncompromising central defender, he began his career with hometown club Hajduk Split, winning the Croatian domestic double in 1992 before moving abroad to German club Karlsruhe. • Having joined West Ham for a club-record fee in January 1996, he represented Croatia at EURO '96 and helped the team to the quarter-finals; two years later, as an Everton player, he won a FIFA World Cup bronze medal as Croatia finished third in France. • After ending his playing career at Hajduk, he briefly took charge of the team before launching his coaching career in earnest with the Croatian U21 side. • Stepped up from the U21s to become the senior national side's coach in July 2006 and masterminded the team's successful qualification for UEFA EURO 2008, where, as the youngest coach in the tournament, his team's progress was halted only at the quarter-final stage with a penalty shoot-out defeat by Turkey. • Despite Croatia's position as seeds in their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying group, he could only lead them to third place and elimination. Announced he would stay on for the UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers and guided them to the finals with a notable play-off win against Turkey. Announced in May 2012 he would leave for FC Lokomotiv Moskva after the tournament.

Spain: Vicente del Bosque Date of birth: 23 December 1950 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: , Córdoba CF, CD Castellón, Real Madrid CF Coaching career: Real Madrid Castilla, Real Madrid CF, Beşiktaş JK, Spain • Came up through the youth ranks at Real Madrid and became an important member of the team as a defensive midfielder during the 1970s, winning five league titles in six seasons and four Spanish Cups. • Capped 18 times, Del Bosque ended Spain career at the 1980 UEFA European Championship in Italy – his only major tournament as a player. Also appeared for Madrid in the 1981 European Champion Clubs' Cup final against Liverpool FC. • Joined Madrid's coaching staff shortly after stopping playing in 1984 and spent many years in youth development, stepping up in 1994 and 1996 as the first team's interim coach. • Given the job full time in November 1999, he won seven trophies including two UEFA Champions League triumphs and two Spanish titles. Left in 2003 and resurfaced briefly in Turkey with Beşiktaş. • Succeeded Luis Aragonés as Spain coach in July 2008. Set a new global record by winning his opening 13 matches and steered the European champions to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a perfect qualifying record. Went on to guide Spain to a first world title in South Africa with a final victory against the Netherlands and subsequently took team to UEFA EURO 2012 with wins in all eight qualifiers.

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Referee Wolfgang Stark (GER) Assistant referees Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER), Mike Pickel (GER) Additional assistant referees Florian Meyer (GER), Deniz Aytekin (GER) Fourth official Richard Liesveld (NED) Reserve official Sander van Roekel (NED) UEFA Delegate Christian Schmöelzer (AUT) UEFA Referee observer Kyros Vassaras (GRE) Referee Name Date of birth Nationality Wolfgang Stark 20/11/1969 GER • Hailing from Landshut in Bavaria, bank employee Wolfgang Stark has been a German Football Association (DFB) referee since 1994 and took charge of 53 matches in the 2. Bundesliga before stepping up to the top flight in 1997. Two years later he became a FIFA official, overseeing his first international in March 2001, a goalless draw between Azerbaijan and Moldova. • In 1999 he was selected to travel to the FIFA U-17 World Cup in New Zealand and the UEFA European Under-18 Championship in Sweden, also spending a valuable month refereeing in Japan's J-League in September 2001. • Stark was a regular in qualifying for both the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2008, when he took charge of five matches including the Group C game between Greece and Turkey in 2007. He has been in the middle for top domestic fixtures too, with Bayer 04 Leverkusen's match against FC Schalke 04 in 2004 among his personal favourites to date. • Stark continues to earn a number of high-profile matches. He oversaw the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona, and took charge of three matches at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa and the 2011 German Cup final. • The German official was then awarded the 2012 UEFA Europa League final between Spanish rivals Club Atlético de Madrid and Athletic Club, his biggest appointment to date. UEFA European Championship matches featuring teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 08/09/07 EURO QR Iceland Spain 1-1 Reykjavik 13/10/07 EURO QR Croatia Israel 1-0 Zagreb 09/10/10 EURO QR Israel Croatia 1-2 Ramat Gan Other matches Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 12/10/02 EURO QR Sweden 1-1 Solna 11/06/03 EURO QR England Slovakia 2-1 Middlesbrough 06/09/03 EURO QR Ukraine Northern Ireland 0-0 Donetsk 11/10/06 EURO QR Poland Portugal 2-1 Chorzow 24/03/07 EURO QR Greece Turkey 1-4 Athens 21/11/07 EURO QR Sweden Latvia 2-1 Solna 07/10/11 EURO QR Montenegro England 2-2 Podgorica 15/11/11 EURO PO Portugal Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-2 Lisbon 12/06/12 EURO GS Poland Russia 1-1 Warsaw

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UEFA European Football Championship final tournament: Did you know? • Germany are the most competition's most successful side having lifted the trophy in 1972, 1980 (both as West Germany) and 1996, reaching the final in 1976, 1992 and 2008. Only Spain (1964, 2008) and France (1984, 2000) have also triumphed more than once. • Only three sides have ever won the UEFA European Championship on home soil: Spain (1964), Italy (1968) and France (1984). • No side has ever retained the trophy, and no player has ever appeared in two victorious UEFA European Championship finals. The Soviet Union (1960, 1964) and West Germany (1972, 1976) returned to the finals as holders only to lose, while Rainer Bonhof twice picked up a winners' medal with West Germany (1972, 1980) but did not play in either tournament. • Berti Vogts was a winner as a player with West Germany in 1972 and as coach of Germany in 1996, making him the only man to win as player and coach. • Since 1980, when the final tournament expanded to become an eight-team event, the hosts or co-hosts have only failed to reach the semi-finals – or better – three times: Italy (1980), (2000) and Austria and Switzerland (2008). • UEFA EURO 2012 is Germany's 11th successive UEFA European Championship final tournament – they last missed out as West Germany in 1968. The Netherlands are taking part in the finals for the seventh successive edition. • Germany are appearing in the finals for the eleventh time, one more than Russia. This is the ninth tournament for the Netherlands and Spain. • Five teams have qualified for the finals with a perfect record, including Spain and Germany this time round. The others are France (1992 and 2004) and Czech Republic (2000). • The Netherlands' 6-1 defeat of Yugoslavia in the UEFA EURO 2000 quarter-finals is the biggest win in a final tournament. Three games have finished 5-0, most recently Sweden's 2004 defeat of Bulgaria. • Spain are seeking to retain the trophy having already become only the third team to hold the UEFA European Championship and FIFA World Cup at the same time. West Germany won the European title in 1972 and added the world crown two years later, while France won the 1998 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000. No team has ever won three consecutive world and continental titles. • A total of 15 players appeared in both those finals: for West Germany, Sepp Maier, Franz Beckenbauer, Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Gerd Müller played in both matches, while Fabien Barthez, Marcel Desailly, Bixente Lizarazu, Lilian Thuram, Didier Deschamps, Youri Djorkaeff, Patrick Vieira, Zinédine Zidane and Christophe Dugarry also achieved the feat for France. • Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Carles Puyol, Joan Capdevila, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Cesc Fàbregas, Xabi Alonso and Fernando Torres played in Spain's 2008 EURO final win and the 2010 World Cup success. • Five players have appeared in European Cup and UEFA European Championship final victories in the same year: Luis Suárez achieved the feat with FC Internazionale Milano and Spain in 1964, while in 1988 PSV Eindhoven quartet Hans van Breucklen, , Barry van Aerle and Gerald Vanenburg were all in the victorious Netherlands side. • Wim Kieft and Nicolas Anelka narrowly missed out on this club. A Champion Clubs' Cup finalist with PSV in 1988, Kieft was an unused substitute in the Netherlands' European triumph, while Nicolas Anelka was similarly thwarted with France in 2000 after appearing in Real Madrid CF's UEFA Champions League final. Anelka's Madrid team-mate Christian Karembeu holds the unique position of being an unused substitute in both European Cup and European Championship final victories in the same year. • In 2008 Germany's Michael Ballack, then with Chelsea FC, became the first player to appear in European Cup and EURO final defeats in the same year. • Four players have followed European Cup final defeat with EURO victory in the same year: Ignacio Zoco and Amancio Amaro (1964, Real Madrid CF and Spain) and Manny Kaltz and Horst Hrubesch (1980, Hamburger SV and West Germany).

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• Lothar Matthäus is the oldest player to appear in a UEFA European Championship finals; he was aged 39 years 91 days in Germany's 3-0 loss to Portugal at UEFA EURO 2000. • Jetro Willems became the youngest player to grace a UEFA European Championship when he started the Netherlands' opening Group B match against Denmark at UEFA EURO 2012. The PSV Eindhoven defender was aged 18 years and 71 days, breaking the record held by Belgium's Enzo Scifo, who was 18 years and 115 days against Yugoslavia in 1984. • Five players have appeared in four final tournaments: Lothar Matthäus, Peter Schmeichel, Alessandro Del Piero, Edwin van der Sar and Lilian Thuram. • Austria's Ivica Vastic is the oldest player to score having found the net in a 1-1 draw against Poland at UEFA EURO 2008 aged 38 years 257 days. • Johan Vonlanthen was 18 years 141 days old when scoring in Switzerland's 3-1 defeat by France at UEFA EURO 2004, making him the youngest player to strike in the finals. • Russia's Dmitri Kirichenko scored the fastest goal in a UEFA European Championship; his effort against Greece at UEFA EURO 2004 was timed at 67 seconds. • There have been eight hat-tricks in a final tournament: Dieter Müller (1976), Klaus Allofs (1980), Michel Platini (1984, twice), Marco van Basten (1988), Sérgio Conceição (2000), Patrick Kluivert (2000) and David Villa (2008).

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Final tournament Group C Standings Pld W D L GF GA Pts Spain 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 Croatia 2 1 1 0 4 2 4 Italy 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 Republic of Ireland 2 0 0 2 1 7 0

Matchday 1 (10/06/12) Spain 1-1 Italy Goals: 0-1 Di Natale 61, 1-1 Fàbregas 64 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Fàbregas (Torres 74), Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Arbeloa, Jordi Alba, Silva (Jesús Navas 64) Republic of Ireland 1-3 Croatia Goals: 0-1 Mandžukić 3, 1-1 St Ledger 19, 1-2 Jelavić 43, 1-3 Mandžukić 49 Croatia: Pletikosa, Strinić, Čorluka, Rakitić (Dujmović 90+2), Vukojević, Jelavić (Kranjčar 72), Modrić, Srna, Schildenfeld, Mandžukić, Perišić (Eduardo 89)

Matchday 2 (14/06/12) Italy 1-1 Croatia Goals: 1-0 Pirlo 39, 1-1 Mandžukić 72 Croatia: Pletikosa, Strinić, Čorluka, Rakitić, Vukojević, Jelavić (Eduardo 83), Modrić, Srna, Schildenfeld, Mandžukić (Kranjčar 90+4), Perišić (Pranjić 68) Spain 4-0 Republic of Ireland Goals: 1-0 Torres 4, 2-0 Silva 49, 3-0 Torres 70, 4-0 Fàbregas 83 Spain: Casillas, Piqué, Iniesta (Santi Cazorla 80), Xavi Hernández, Torres (Fàbregas 74), Xabi Alonso (Javi Martínez 65), Sergio Ramos, Busquets, Arbeloa, Jordi Alba, Silva

Matchday 3 (18/06/12) Croatia v Spain

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Vigilance at training sessions Further to an incident that occurred at a Dutch national team training session on 8 June, UEFA has written to the mayors of the Polish and Ukrainian cities where open training sessions are scheduled to take place to ask that all effective and necessary measures – including an increased police presence – be implemented to prevent any display of discriminatory or racist behaviour at such public sessions. UEFA has also requested that the authorities ensure that any person found to be engaging in racist behaviour be immediately ejected from the stadium and its vicinity, and that criminal proceedings be launched against such individuals. A letter was also sent to the sports minister of Poland, Joanna Mucha, to ask for the full support of the Polish authorities in dealing with these important matters. Any such behaviour is totally incompatible with UEFA's zero-tolerance policy towards any type of discriminatory conduct. UEFA is nevertheless confident that the local authorities will deal adequately with the issue. Suspended points deduction for RFS The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body has decided to impose a deduction of six points on the Football Union of Russia (RFS) for the qualifying competition of the next UEFA European Championship. This decision is suspended for a probationary period running from now until the end of the play-offs for the UEFA EURO 2016 finals. The RFS has also been fined €120,000. The RFS was facing charges for the improper conduct of its supporters (crowd disturbances), the setting off and throwing of fireworks and the display of illicit banners at last Friday's UEFA EURO 2012 Group A match against the Czech Republic in Wroclaw. An appeal can be lodged against this decision within three days of the dispatch of the written decision. Proceedings against HNS UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) for the setting-off and throwing of fireworks, and the improper conduct of supporters (racist chants, racist symbols) at the Group C match against Italy in Poznan on Thursday. The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body will deal with the case on 19 June. EURO Legends choose Carlsberg Man of the Match Legends who have graced past EUROs will be making a key contribution to UEFA EURO 2012 by voting for and helping to present the Carlsberg Man of the Match Award at each of the 31 games in Poland and Ukraine – and fans will join them in deciding who wins the coveted prize each time. A EURO legend, invited by UEFA President Michel Platini, will be present at each match. A fan vote will be accessible via the UEFA.com match centre, and the EURO Legend will take into consideration the fans' vote before making the final decision on the most outstanding man on the field during the match. A glittering array of superstars are being lined up to decide who wins each UEFA EURO 2012 Carlsberg Man of the Match Award. Fernando Couto (Portugal), Christian Karembeu (France), Predrag Mijatović (Montenegro), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark), Allan Simonsen (Denmark), Davor Šuker (Croatia) and Patrick Vieira (France) are among those who will act as award ambassadors in Poland and Ukraine. UEFA charity donation for EURO goals Committed to providing improved access and facilities for disabled football fans, UEFA is donating €3,000 for every goal scored at UEFA EURO 2012 to the Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE), the official tournament charity. As part of the Respect programme at UEFA EURO 2012, UEFA is working with CAFE to manage separate Respect Inclusion initiatives, and football followers and other benefactors are being encouraged to donate money for upcoming schemes. CAFE was set up via UEFA's CHF1m charity cheque in 2009 to promote and ensure equal access across UEFA's member national associations. It provides support, guidance and advice to partners and stakeholders, which include UEFA, national associations, leagues and clubs, disabled fans and disabled supporter groups. Memorable day for children A group of children from an orphanage near Warsaw were given the football experience of a lifetime when they attended the Group A game between Poland and Russia at the National Stadium Warsaw. Twenty-five youngsters spent the entire day in the Polish capital before coming to the arena to watch the exciting 1-1 draw. UEFA made the memorable experience possible by providing tickets and assistance to the Volunteers for Sport Foundation – which, in partnership with streetfootballworld, is responsible for implementing the official UEFA community health education project in Poland and Ukraine, RESPECT your Health – Euroschools 2012. Experience for students A team of students are being given a unique opportunity as part of the UEFA EURO 2012 Host Broadcast Talent Programme. The initiative, running at a UEFA European Championship for the first time, involves 230 students from Poland and Ukraine working at the final tournament in the three host broadcasting domains of TV & Video Production, HB Logistics and Broadcaster Servicing. The main objective is to give talented students experience in positions related to their academic studies in media, journalism and sport management.

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:: All-time statistics The all-time record of the competing teams in the UEFA European Championship. Final tournament: The UEFA European Championship was a four-team event in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976. From 1980 it was expanded to an eight-team finals and remained in that format in 1984, 1988 and 1992 until 1996, when the current 16-team format was adopted. Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw. :: Squad list The eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order. UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying: Total UEFA EURO 2012 appearances/goals in qualifying competition only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2012 appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: based on the date press kit was last updated BL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/a: Not applicable tournament play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on www..com.

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